Jellison & Nathanson, LLP is a small law firm specializing in criminal defense, the defense of students charged with misconduct in the college and university setting (sometimes known as Title IX cases), and minimizing the collateral effects of criminal convictions. We provide our clients with the highest level of representation by combining the specialized knowledge and individual treatment of a boutique criminal defense firm with the experience and accomplishment of a national firm. As leaders among the criminal defense bar, we regularly work with some of the largest firms in the nation to advance the interests of our clients while also moving the law forward.

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Shayla Mombeleur joins Jellison & Nathanson

Jellison & Nathanson, LLP is delighted to welcome Shayla J. Mombeleur to the firm as our lead trial associate. Attorney Mombeleur joins J&N with three years of mainly white collar federal and state trial defense experience at Todd & Weld and five-years of experience as a public defender with the Committee for Public Counsel Services.

Attorney Mombeleur's hiring marks a new chapter for J&N, which has been a go-to firm for post-conviction litigation and university disciplinary proceedings for adults and adolescents for the past decade under its previous name, Wood & Nathanson, LLP. Attorney Mombeleur will help to grow the trial practice arm of the firm with the backing of some of the best appellate lawyers in the Commonwealth for record preservation issues and pleading support. Attorney Mombeleur will also bring her experience as a trial attorney and creativity to support our general post-conviction litigation practice.

J&N is also excited and proud that we can include Attorney Mombeleur in our ranks because of her fierce advocacy for diversity, equity, and inclusion, her proven leadership in the Massachusetts Bar Association, and her deep commitment to addressing the broken criminal legal system which disparately affects those who are poor and of other minority identities.

Watch this space for more information and Attorney Mombeleur’s bio coming soon!

Attorney Jellison was recently named as one of the 40 Best LGBTQ+ Lawyers Under 40 by the National LGBTQ+ Bar Association. This recognition is given to attorneys “under the age of 40 who have distinguished themselves in their field and have demonstrated a profound commitment to LGBTQ+ equality.” Attorney Jellison was the author of the arguments that established sexual orientation as a protected class under the Massachusetts constitution and banned discriminatory peremptory strikes on the basis of sexual orientation. Beyond the courtroom, Attorney Jellison is Co-Chair of the Massachusetts LGBTQ Bar Association, is its liaison to the Superior Court, and was the co-chair of its Committee for Transgender Inclusion from 2014-2020. She is also a member of the SJC Standing Committee on Lawyer Wellbeing's Subcommittee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Small and Medium Size Firms.

We could not be prouder to have her co-lead our firm.